Thomas Weikert
German table tennis player
Photo: Marcus Cyron, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
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- Sep 27
German Olympic body selects Munich as candidate city for Summer Games
The German Olympic Sports Confederation voted 91 to 50 in Baden-Baden to nominate Munich over Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr as Germany's candidate for the 2036, 2040, or 2044 Summer Olympics.
- May 31
Hamburg votes 'No' to Olympics for second time, reshaping Germany's 2036-2044 bid race
In a binding referendum, 54.9% of Hamburg voters rejected a bid for the 2036, 2040, or 2044 Summer Games, echoing their 2015 decision and dealing a blow to national Olympic ambitions.
